A scientific controversy erupted this week over claims that methane trapped beneath the Arctic Ocean could suddenly escape, releasing huge quantities of methane, a greenhouse gas, in coming decades, with a huge cost to the global economy.
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SUN VALLEY, Idaho (Reuters) - The relationship between Google Inc and Apple Inc has improved over the past year with the rival technology companies and sometimes partners conducting "lots and lots" of meetings, Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt said.
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(Reuters) - For the giants of Silicon Valley, the fall from freedom's children to social pariah has been something of a Shakespearean reversal of fortunes. Google, Apple and Facebook might be Lear, Othello and Macbeth in the suddenness and completeness of their fall from a grace that was bequeathed
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LONDON (Reuters) - Some of the biggest names in literature, science and politics will pitch up to a small British town over the next week for a clan gathering of the world's most "promiscuous minds".
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LONDON (Reuters) - Google Inc's tax affairs came under renewed scrutiny in Britain on Wednesday when the leader of the opposition Labour party accused the Internet company of wrongly going to "extraordinary lengths" to avoid paying tax.
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Google’s Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen, share details from “The New Digital Age,” which explains how much our lives have been shaped and changed by technological innovations. The duo also explains how technology helped solve the Boston Marathon bombing case.

Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen share details from their new book, “The New Digital Age: Reshaping the Future of People, Nations, and Businesses.” The duo also explains how technology aided authorities in the Boston manhunt.

Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt and Jared Cohen, Google’s director of ideas, talk about their book, “The New Digital Age,” and discuss how the digital world contributed to the apprehension of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects.

Tim Cook, Apple CEO smiles as he looks at a news conference being held by Eric Schmidt, executive chairman of Google at the annual Allen and Co. conference in Sun Valley, Idaho Resort July 11, 2013. REUTERS/Rick Wilking (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS)